by Asim Jalis
Excerpt from http://www.tradetricks.org/archives/001002.html:
If you work in a big infrastructure with tons of routers, servers
and the rest, you can usually tell how the whole operation is
running right from your own desk, since your computer will have
the proper tools for monitoring. But management doesn't always
understand this -- if there's a problem, they may perceive you as
just sitting around idly, even while you are saving the day.
So, at the first sign of trouble, abandon your perfectly
functioning computer, go down to the computer room / engine room
/ nuclear reactor, and continue your work down there. Most of the
time the issue will solve itself, but people will assume that, by
moving, you were actively engaging the problem and have a second
set of mystical tools at your disposal in the event of an
emergency.
